As I awoke I saw nothing. I saw really nothing at all. And my eyes were open this time. The ground felt hard and wet. So I guessed the ground consisted out of stone. I wanted to ponder where I was and what actually was going on as a window appeared in front of my eyes. This window contained a lot of text, pictures and a table with simple words on the left and numbers on the right.
Naturally I couldn't understand my situation without further information, so I accepted this gift coming out of nowhere thankfully.
“Hello, you certainly wonder yourself...”
I said: “Who the Hell are You?”
“Hmmh, you certainly wonder where you are and what happened...”
I insisted: “Yes, but this is unimportant right now, who are you what is going on, this is really a bad joke if you ask me.”
Goddess Alloweyn: “I am Goddess Alloweyn, wife to the Godfather Wgoldan. Through My Grace you were spared a utterly cruel fate. Since you have no idea of this world I taken the freedom to give you the gift of the golden tongue. With this you can talk in all languages you can find. But I limited this ability on 30 days. By the way you can choose an ability and a specialization. Wish for whatever you desire and it shall be yours unrestricted -”,
the voice from the off sounded somewhat irritated. Then it was getting friendlier.
Of course I wad not fallen flat on my head, who would trust immediately an anonymous voice from the off.
So I replied: “Ok, that sound all nice and beautiful, but I have some questions:
first what means 30 days, how long are the days here? Will I experience these days even, it is damn dark in here. And when already you conjured me, couldn't it have been inside a nice room with a table and something tasty to eat?
Fair enough, a lighted room with something to eat would have been better. This is really not the Premium Service here.”
The voice became very annoyed and spoke seemingly with clenched teeth:”Premium Service... Food and Room... does the sir have any other wishes...”
To this I could only jump at the opportunity:”Yes of course...”
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The Answer came more prompt than expected:”NO, we have nor Premium and no Service, the mortal sir should be happy to be resurrected and at all how can one have always only self-serving interests at heart.”
Someone was obviously pissed, so I decided to be contend for the time being:”Sorry, if I did tread on your toes. I had different expectations of summoningens and god-stuff. I will keep my expectations small in future.”
What followed was silence – exactly that kind of silence after speaking out something uncomfortable. I felt an enormous pressure. At first I thought that was because of the uncomfortable silence, but that pressure wasn't just imagined it was very real. It felt like I was a car in a scrap press.
As the pressure ended I felt like a volleyball after getting compressed by a bodybuilder – not good and very squeezed.
“Now that we have that out of the way I must insist that you express your wish. It can be a unique item, a special ability or a trait. Choose with caution since your wish can not be reversed. You will have to live with the result for better or worse.” the voice sounded from the Off, aka goddess Alloweyn.
I thought carefully about this. Choosing a trait would surely have many advantages, just that it would be permanent. And as good abilities are, you have to use them otherwise they are pretty useless. Items, no matter how epic, were out of question. Every object can be misplaced or stolen. What good is the Aigis, if you don't have it with you...
I decided in favor of an ability, that can also be a trait. With this I had both under one roof. It should be more skill-heavy and it can be switched off. After all I didn't want to wake up in a burning bed and everyone suffered a tragic death. It also has to fit to me and fascinate me.
At best it would be powerful, I just opted for potential instead of immanent power.
That's exactly how I described it to the patiently waiting goddess.
And to conclude the wish fittingly I called:”I want the power of radioactive radiation!”
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Pantheon of the gods – seat of the principal gods
a short time later
Elloweyn sat absorbed in thoughts, while her brother read a book nearby.
Her brother asked without looking up:”Is everything fine? You weren't this withdrawn for a long time.”
“It is like this, I might have summoned a potential hero. And as you know every hero has a free wish at the beginning of their adventure.” explained Alloweyn.
“That is tradition and rule since thousands of years” replied her brother.
“That may be true, just this time the wish was very unconventional. It was a mixture of ability and trait. Not just that, the godly addition was – elemental.” described Elloweyn thoughtful.
To that her brother lifted an eyebrow:”Interesting”.
Elloweyn announced with determined voice: “Everything will surely remain within bounds. Until now no hero not even a half-god could shake the universal structure!”